Two Birthdays in One Week

This week has been a blast in our family! We have celebrated the birth of BOTH of John's parents! Monday night we celebrated his father's birthday at his parents home with his family and grandparents. We had Cajun Broil, salads, and cherry cheesecake and coffee for dessert! So delicious! It was a real treat! We enjoyed an evening of catching up and celebrating what a great father John has. He's a pretty cool cat if I do say so myself! I honestly would not have wanted any other man to have raised my husband but him! He did an incredible job of raising his son to be a wonderful husband and one day I know that he'll make a wonderful father to his own children! I'll tell you what I like most about Steve is that he loves his family. He'll do anything for them! He's such a hard worker; I don't know how he does what he does everyday. His family appreciates him and respect him as a wonderful father figure. I will always respect him as a father-in-law. He's goofy, hilarious, he'll kick your bootie at Army video games....(well...), he can play one mean guitar solo, he accepted me with loving arms into his family, and loves his family to pieces!
Tonight we got to host my mother-in-law's birthday party at our house! I was so super excited, because, again, if you know me, I'm huge on birthdays being special! I couldn't wait to make hers extra special for her tonight! John and I worked all day on the house making sure everything was spick and span. We cooked, and baked the best desserts ever! We couldn't wait for everyone to see them; it was too much fun! We made chili for our meal, which was actually her dad's recipe. For dessert we made a variety of brownies topped with cream cheese icing, pink heart shaped marshmallow, and red and pink sprinkles, with a new recipe of coffee sugar cookies for their coffee which was topped with whipped cream, sprinkles, and pink heart shaped marshmallows. Her special "cake" was made of four brownies to create one large one that had a large cream cheese icing heart, sprinkles, and candles on top! It was all themed (of course) and was absolutely adorable! I think that she was very excited about her "Birthday Table" She said she never had one before! I was honored to get to share our "Birthday Table" tradition with her! I told her in our house we'll always have a birthday table!! It's a HUGE deal people! After dinner, she split to the bathroom (TMI?) We saw this as the perfect opportunity to set up the table again, light up the candles, and sing as she came back in the kitchen! It was too cute! I think she was surprised! We had a blast planning it all out today and then spending time with family. It was an honor celebrating Andrea's life tonight. A mother is the most important job a woman has, especially when raising a son. My oh MY, how is a woman supposed to marry off 3 men? I dunno! But I guess we'll ask her and my sis after they've done it! I hope I'm dead and buried before I have to marry one of my children away! Too tough for me to handle people! Anyways! All my life, I prayed for a man. I prayed for John. I prayed for his family. When God sent me John, He sent me an incredible family. When John's mother raised him, she taught him how to be loving, compassionate, and a caring man to his wife. I thank her for that. She did a mighty fine job! I thank God that they prayed for me too, and that God sent us together. I'm very blessed to call them all family. We hope these two days were special to you both, because you two are so special, and mean the world to us!